Medical facilities all over the world continue to find innovative uses for smartphones. Jekei University Hospital in Japan is the latest institution to incorporate the device into medical professionals’ lives. The hospital has released a new iPhone application to help doctors diagnose stroke symptoms...

The New England Journal of Medicine is one of most respected sources of research findings, review articles and editorial opinion. And now it's available on the iPhone. Using the app, medical professionals will be able to access: Recent articles: Published online in the past seven days, including...

Although it's a small risk, clinicians are constantly vigilant when it comes to radiation exposure during imaging exams. As the number of X-rays, CT scans, fluoroscopies continues to rise, a new iPhone application has been launched to educate patients and clinicians and help reduce the dangers associated...

Android, Blackberry or iPhone? As the number of applications for Google's mobile operating system increases, the choice for clinicians is getting harder or better depending on your perspective. The latest clinical application to be ported to users of the Nexus One and other Androd handsets has just...

More and more patients are using handheld devices and apps - especially on the iPhone - to gather personal health data around chronic conditions. Some are even recording short ECGs. Can we, should we integrate this information into the electronic healthcare record?